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World History 2011-2012


1. Maps of Time Space, and HistoryQuarter 1
Unit 1 Project Overview.docx

Unit 1 Project Calendar.doc



2. Population - Migration & Diffusion


  • Human Beings Around the World
  • Domesticating Plants and Animals
  • Migration and Change in Africa South of the Sahara
  • Oceanic Ventures and the Joining of the Continents
  • Humans in a Hury - 19th c. Migrations
  • Migrations and Militarism across Afroeurasia
  • Population Explosion since 1950


Quarter 2
3. Economic Networks & Exchange - Economic Systems
  • Cultures in Contact
  • African Kingdoms
  • Industrialization & Nationalism
  • Age of Imperialism
  • Contemporary World
  • Asia
  • Latin America
  • Giant Empires of Afroeurasia
  • Med to India - Patterns of Power and Trade
  • Global Economy Takes Shape


4. Uses & Abuses of Power - Government & Citizenship


Civilizations: Abuse of Power
  • Growth of Civilization
  • Classical Greece
  • The Americas
  • Medieval Europe
  • Early Middle Ages
  • Changes in European Society
  • French Revolution & Napoleon
  • Industrialization & Nationalism
  • Reforms, Revolutions, & War
  • Nationalism in Europe
  • World at War
  • World War I
  • WWII

  • Case Study: Developing Societies
  • Case Study 2: Role of the United Nations


Quarter 3
5. Haves & Have-Nots - Society
Unit Calendar, Assignment Expectations
Unit 4 Calendar.pdf

  • Growth of Civilizations
  • World at War
  • The Interwar Years
  • Contemporary World
  • Europe & North America

  • Atlantic Revolutions
  • Early Complex Societies in the Americas
  • Great Depression
  • Search for Peace and Stability

  • Case Study: Civic Participation
  • BIE: Immigrants on the Move

  • Heifer Website

  • Choose one of the methods to summarize the ancient Greek figure or Roman you've chosen and his/her contributions to the world.
    1. Write a 250 word (minimum) essay biography.

    2. Create a illustrative scrapbook/brochure of their life (3-4 pages).

    3. Create a PowerPoint presentation (4 - 5 slides with text and visuals).

    4. Create a Facebook page (fill in all appropriate categories)

    5. Create a Pinterest board - what would your figure "pin"?

    6. Other? Pre-approve with Mrs. Keehn


6. Expressing Identity - Arts & Ideas
  • Empires of China & India
  • Medieval Europe
  • High Middle Ages
  • New Ideas, New Empires
  • New Asian Empires
  • Changes in European Society
  • Monarchs of Europe

  • Language - What Differnece Does it Make?
  • Making the Atlantic Rim
  • Multitude of Sovereign States
  • Nationalism & Social Change in Colonies
  • Nationalism & Religion
  • Cold War

  • Case Study: Women in Society
  • BIE: AD 1095 and All That

Hercules Essay.docx


Comparison Chart of Religions to get started
http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm

Other World Religion Resources
http://library.thinkquest.org/28505/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/index.htm


Hinduism
http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/hinduism.htm - intro
http://www.hindukids.org/

Islam
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/history/history.htm

Judaism
http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm

Buddhism
http://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm

Quarter 4
7. Science, Technology, and Environment - Science & Technology, Geography & Environment
  • Dawn of Civilization
  • Ancient Near East
  • Rome & Early Christianity
  • Growth of Civilizations
  • Changes in European Society
  • Enlightenment & Revolution
  • Industrialization & Nationalism
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Life in the Industrial Age
  • World at War
  • World War II
  • Contemporary World
  • Africa & the Middle East
  • Today's World

  • River Valleys and Civilization in Afroeurasia
  • Environmental Change - The Great Acceleration
  • Farmers Around the World
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Revolutions in Science & Technology
  • World at War Speed

Collective Learning, Ag.pdf

  • Case Study: Museo Galileo Study

Unit 7 Calendar.pdf

Unit 7 Project.pdf

Unit 7 Rubrics.pdf


Agricultural Revolutions

8. Spiritual Life & Moral Codes - Belief Systems
  • Dawn of Civilization
  • Nile Civilizations
  • Ancient India & China
  • Cultures in Contact
  • Muslim Civilization
  • Kingdoms & Christianity
  • Medieval Europe
  • New Ideas, New Empires

  • Afroeurasia and the Rise of Islam
  • Expansion of Complex Society in East Asia
  • Long Reach of the Major Religions
  • Spheres of Interaction in the Americas

  • Case Study: Children & Witchcraft

Religions


The Holy Land